1) as a follow-up to the supreme court rulings in brown v. board of education of topeka
(1954, 1955), in which the court found that it was unconstitutional to maintain separate
schools for children on the basis of race, the supreme court rule in 2007 that school
districts may no longer:
a.use race as a factor in deciding how to assign students to schools.
b.renew employment contracts with teachers who are written up for racial biasness in
the classroom.
c.be fully funded if one ethnicity comprises more than 65% of the entire student body.
d.draw students from different neighborhoods (bus students to school).
2) how are nonworking students affected when large numbers of students in their school
work?
a.they become jealous of their working peers’ affluence.
b.they do not get as good an education because many teachers lower classroom
expectations.
c.they develop similar problem behaviors, such as cheating and losing interest in
school.
d.they are not generally affected.
3) alcohol and marijuana are considered ______ drugs because they are almost always
used before harder drugs.
a.gateway
b.passage
c.ritual
d.experimental
4) one explanation for girls’ greater susceptibility to internalizing problems such as
depression emphasizes their greater orientation toward and sensitivity to interpersonal
relationships. specifically, gender differences in the level of the hormone ________
may play a role in making females both more invested in close relationships, and more
vulnerable to adverse consequences of interpersonal problems.
a.dopamine
b.serotonin
c.oxytocin
d.leptin
5) one reason for imbalance or disequilibrium in the family during the adolescent years
is that parents:
a.are too involved in their own careers to notice their children.
b.may be experiencing their own type of “identity crisis.”
c.may be pushing their child toward financial independence too early.
d.are too restrictive of their adolescents’ finances.
6) a local hospital has asked you to talk to a group of parents who have expressed their
concerns about leaving their teenagers home alone after school while the parents are
still at work. you have been asked to address whether this is, indeed, a problem and, if
so, how the parents can minimize problems without having to give up their jobs. the
hospital administrator has also asked you to discuss the quality of the research that has
been done in this area. what do you tell the parents?
7) who is the most likely, after becoming pregnant, to have an abortion?
a.jamie, a european-american female living in the suburbs
b.kimberly, a european-american female who dropped out of high school
c.dotty, an black female who dropped out of high school
d.tara, an black female living in poverty
8) issues of autonomy:
a.are typically resolved during toddlerhood.
b.are typically resolved during adolescence.
c.are typically resolved in early adulthood.
d.recur throughout the life span.
9) in a particular tribe, relatives of the chief are allowed to choose their own mates,
whereas others must abide by arranged marriages. this is an example of a:
a.particularistic norm.
b.universalistic norm.
c.hierarchy norm.
d.age separation.
10) statistics on the age at which young people marry indicate that:
a.it is approximately the same for males and females.
b.girls marry younger today than in their mothers’ generation.
c.both males and females tend to be older at first marriage than in the 1950s.
d.more males than females marry before they are 20.
11) according to the text, who is more likely to begin the process of individuation first:
jeanne, whose parents have been divorced for 5 years, or paul, whose parents are
married?
a.jeanne
b.paul
c.both jeanne and paul will begin the process at the same time
d.unable to determine
12) andrea, a 15-year-old, is most likely to learn social skills in a ________ and develop
her sense of identity in a ________.
a.crowd; crowd
b.crowd; clique
c.clique; crowd
d.clique; clique
13) ruben works over 20 hours a week during the school year and marianne does not
work at all. ruben, compared to marianne, is more likely to:
a.become more socially responsible.
b.know how to manage his money better.
c.endorse unethical business practices.
d.not engage in drug and alcohol use.
14) for adolescent girls, which of the following is the most important factor in
determining the onset of sexual intercourse?
a.increased levels of androgens
b.availability of birth control
c.the attitudes of friends toward sexual activity
d.receiving sex education in school
15) what is the most common method of birth control among sexually active
adolescents?
a.condoms
b.birth control pills
c.withdrawal
d.the rhythm method
16) what is not a risk factor for contracting hiv?
a.using drugs
b.having unprotected sex
c.having many sexual partners
d.being male
17) research suggests that adolescents _________ are the most likely to be susceptible
to peer pressure.
a.from families in which parents are strict and make decisions for their adolescents
b.whose parents encourage autonomy
c.who have positive regard for their parents
d.from authoritative homes that encourage independent decision making
18) all of the following are characteristics of the development of cognitive autonomy,
except:
a.increasingly abstract ways to think about moral, political, ideological, and religious
issues.
b.increasing emotional distance from parents.
c.beliefs that are increasingly rooted in general principles that have an ideological basis.
d.beliefs that are increasingly founded in the individual’s own values.